The minimal weblog extension is a Module. Installing a module is easy: Create a modules subdirectory in your data directory, and put the Perl file in there. It will be loaded automatically. See the new links in the goto-bar on the Minimal Weblog Extension Screenshot.

To make it easy to create new pages, this module will add links to today and yesterday. For an even more fancy approach, see Complex Weblog Setup.

This module will activate Comment Pages by setting CommentsPrefix to “Commentson”, and it will make only comment pages writable by setting EditAllowed to 2. This means that you need to be an editor to edit normal pages. See Passwords. You can change these variables in your config file.

Now visit the wiki and edit the front page (called “HomePage” by default). Put nothing but the following line onto the front page:

<journal>

The front page is now a journal page (see Journal Pages). It will list the latest entries on your wiki.

To add an entry, click on the link for today at the top of the page and edit the page, write something, save. Now return to the front page (click “HomePage” at the top of the page). It should list your new entry.

That’s it.

You also need two logos, one for the RSS feed and one for the text feed.